Senior, Sportswear Specialty Sales Pacific

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

In this role the Senior Sportswear Specialty Sales Pacific will report to the Sportswear Specialty Account Director and be a part of the larger Nike Pacific Marketplace Sales team. This role will work closely with several cross functional teams within Nike such as merchandising planning marketing finance and operations to ensure smooth business continuity. This role will be based in Melbourne with regular connections to marketplace partners.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Nike Sales (Pacific) is hiring for an Senior Sportswear Specialty Sales Pacific based in Melbourne. The Senior Sportswear Specialty Sales Pacific will work as part of the Nike Pacific team to support and drive the day-to-day partner management strategy execution Go To Market (GTM) excellence and in season management with a consumer led focus. The successful candidate will identify product opportunities and implement product strategies stay current on product and product changes and display strong customer service skills by developing and maintaining relationships with key customer personnel at all levels of the customers business.

• 5-7 years overall business experience that includes field sales retail buying merchandising sales business planning or sales business analysis.
• Bachelors degree in business marketing or a related field is preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in sales is highly preferred strong working knowledge of sports the athletics industry & trends in the marketplace. Understanding of team sales merchandising sales sports trends and sports culture will be an added advantage.
• Proven leadership and teamwork ability toward developing and maintaining high profile influential and collaborative relationships across teams functions and organizational layers.
• Ability to prepare plan and deliver product presentations use financial data to make decisions and maximize account profitability. Ability to develop seasonal assortments forecasts and scenario plans.
• Ensure timely execution of order tracking order input sales & stock tracking product launch info and other sales matter tracking and execution. Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

As the Senior Sportswear Specialty Sales Pacific you will drive the partner or account portfolios engagement growth and profitability in line with Nikes overall strategy. You will achieve this by leading the cross-functional account team through Go-To-Market activities and managing the in-season execution delivering seasonal commercial targets and identifying incremental growth opportunities.

• Optimize Nike product sales by delivering accurate and realistic seasonal assortments forecasts and scenario plans.
• Ensure timely submission of seasonal orders as well as coordination of order tracking & retail launch information.
• The role will drive sell-in and sell-through by preparing planning and delivering clear and persuasive product presentations.
• Identify product opportunities and implement product strategies based on market trends and insights.
• Display strong customer service skills by developing and maintaining relationships with key customer stakeholders at all levels of the customers business.
• Understand drive and scale retail elevation across our markets and find ways to leverage best in class examples across our teams.